§ Lord Lucasasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether any studies are in progress or contemplation to screen brain tissue from food animals other than cattle and sheep for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. [HL1893]
Barones HaymanNo studies are in progress, and currently there are no plans, to screen brain tissue from food animals other than cattle and sheep for the presence of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
§ Lord Lucasasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will place in the Library of the House and on the Internet full details of all research into transmissible spongiform encephalopathies currently funded by the Government including:
- (a) the subject of the research;
- (b) the researcher in charge of it;
- (c) the institution for which the researcher works;
- (d) the expected completion date of the research; and
- (e) the funding provided by the Government. [HL1894]
§ Baroness HaymanThe MRC website (www.mrc.ac.uk/) lists all current UK publicly funded research. The full document is also available to all Members in the Library of the House. This includes projects funded by MAFF, the Department of Health, Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department (SERAD), the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). Current projects are listed by title, with a contact name and location, and costs for 47WA 1998–1999 and 1999–2000. Recently completed projects are also listed by title, with a contact name and location, and total costs. Anticipated completion dates are also listed, although some of these projects are reassessed at this time for further funding.